The police filed an FIR against a man and a woman for allegedly posing as 'crime branch' officials and extorting Rs 2 lakh from a woman in Ahmedabad's Anandnagar. The victim told the police that the duo allegedly threatened to book a case against her.

According to the Times of India, the woman, who runs a garment shop and sells cosmetics from home, stated in the FIR that a woman came to her house on Monday along with a man and expressed interest in buying cosmetics from her.